[smbaker]

Well, it's over. Did anyone else stick it out to the end?

I thought the finale was a lousy end to a lousy season. Such a drop in quality from S1 and S2.

 

[secondclaw]

I did. This last season was pretty bad, but overall I enjoyed the series and was glad to have spent time on it.
I though Pip Torrens was amazing as Herr Starr, till the end. I was looking forward to his scenes more than anyone else's. Same with Emery as Featherstone / Flufferman. The whole story with god in last season made no sense sadly.

 

[rharmelink]

I thought the finale was a lousy end to a lousy season. Such a drop in quality from S1 and S2.

My comment was going to be almost exactly the same.

When I look back at the whole series, my favorite parts were the introductions of each character, even down to Hitler and Humperdoo and Featherstone and Starr. God, not so much.

How can a show with so many interesting and conflicted characters end up so uninteresting?

 

[Family]

I actually liked the last season until the last episode, which was horrible.

 

[brianric]

Well, it's over. Did anyone else stick it out to the end?

Should see the last two episodes today, then I can answer your question in the affirmative.

 

[smbaker]

I though Pip Torrens was amazing as Herr Starr, till the end. I was looking forward to his scenes more than anyone else's.

To me, he and his character really ended up carrying the show. It was a truly reprehensible and narcissistic character to the extreme, but the performance and scripting around him was executed so well.

I felt the actor playing Frankie Toscani also pulled off his role well. This show liked to be over-the-top.

How can a show with so many interesting and conflicted characters end up so uninteresting?

I think it painted itself into a corner trying to wrap up the series. Once you start a conflict with an all-knowing all-powerful superbeing who could end the universe instantly with a single thought, there's really no way to legitimately resolve that. Seemed like they really didn't know what to do with Jesse Custer, and if you don't know what to do with the central protagonist, you're in trouble. IMO if it had been suddenly and unexpectedly canceled without trying to resolve the story, might have almost been a kindness.

This was a series where the subplots outshined the primary story.

I am curious if anyone is familiar with the source material (it's a comic book thing, right) and how the resolution was handled there.

 

[cheesesteak]

I had the last five episodes on my tivo for so long that they sank to the bottom of the NOw Playing list and I forgot they were there. I binged them over the holiday weekend. I wonder how many nasty letters and death threats AMC and everybody involved with the show received from all the good church going Christians out there. I'll admit to skipping through some of Herr Starr's scenes in the last two episodes. I just found him to be a useless clown.

Even after such a long hiatus of me not watching this show. One thing remained - I still have a crush on Ruth Negga.

 

[Rob Helmerichs]

One thing remained - I still have a crush on Ruth Negga.

How could you not?!?